San Diego's Algae Industry Struggles To Float On Fuel Alone

The world's largest biotechnology convention is in San Diego this week. 15,000 people from 65 countries are here to talk about issues like stem cell research, genome sequencing, and the shifting role of large pharmaceutical companies. KPBS Business and Environment Reporter Erik Anderson says the BIO 2014 Convention is shining a light on San Diego's biotech cluster.
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[@spencerduhbarrett]

Thank you david and kpbs news!

[@TwoForFlinchin1]

Do these bio-oil companies get subsidies too?

[@jannujokunen2701]

so you burn high quality DHA omega3 in a car as a fuel? basically the most valuable and best oil on earth.

[@maxispatctiet6930]

Yeah is cheaper and healthier for nature

[@luciusveritas9870]

Yes. Welcome to the world of home 'sapiens sapiens'

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

oil COMES from algae. So makes sense - microalgae can store 100 gigatons of co2 per year!! Let's do it already.

[@hectorcoronel619]

fracking pollutes our underground water sources. It does more damage than good. There are so many ways for us to get our energy but oil is so big , until we runout, then other ways to get energy will be embraced.

[@flower-uw1hm]

PRAY that petrol, diesel and gas become too expensive - so that big companies will be forced to use biofuels.

[@ezgiyonet7428]

What is the total established land? How many tons of biofuel is produced annually? What is the total reactor volume? Can you inform us about the reactor's width, length, depth, rpm, and light efficiency for the design of the reactor?

[@MrLiquidxIce]

wait a sec they where making algea fuel then shell signed a contract with them after which shifted from fuel to supplement ? wtf 1:50

[@midgetman4206]

I think it's saying that they were going to sign a contract, but it was never completed

[@algore92]

But fracking sucks too. It's horrible for the environment.

[@flower-uw1hm]

and everyone's health

[@JP-sm4cs]

Shell only cares about stonks

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

Interesting! What type of fuel do they use to creat a "cheaper" fuel?!?

[@newhere0]

There should be a small percentage of people that wants to pay more for an ecologic gasoline

[@bluegrownlife9917]

what about growing algae at home? i just started...

[@BUBODUBO]

How is it going?

[@dentobean5880]

I think someone or one's should focus on consumer size diy algae refineries and farming for small batch off grid consumer market. But people are all like, its not profitable and if it doesn't make tons of money it don't make sense.

[@luciusveritas9870]

Before you throw out these ungrounded assumptions do some research. There are hundreds of initiatives around for small scale (domestic) use.

[@midgetman4206]

@@luciusveritas9870 Huh? Really? You know any pointers? All I've seen is companies trying to make it industrially, and every consumer level system is made independently without outside help (besides research and questions)

[@bobbyc2126]

@@midgetman4206 There is a system in the making. It does not do just algae though it has fish and a green house in the system as well.

[@justinjones3326]

No path to profitably.... What does a canal in Turkey have to do with the price of algae in california.....

[@alaskanalain]

It can use CO2 from cars then what are the CO2 tanks doing there? (0:42) I assume this is just a test tank.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

All welfare for fossil fuels must stop, and force them & the government to refund that money wasted on FFs to sustainable energy.

[@todoldtrafford]

Including solyndra

[@DeanRendar]

GET THE CAR COMPANIES TO MAKE THEIR CONCEPT CAR THAT CAN USE BOTH GAS AND ALGAE INTERCHANGEABLY, then refine the algae recipe compatible on all the old cars. Its so easy to conceptualize, seems like business owners just want people buying newer things deepening their debt.

[@densidste9137]

we can do many things but is it worth it.

[@bigpete1014]

Everything is about up front cost. Does anyone know how much a new earth cost?

[@bobbyc2126]

It's actually free and being made daily by countless micro-organisms. The best of it is called Terra Preta.

[@gilligancharliebrown399]

Complacency of today, is the fuel for failure tomorrow!

[@darthvader5300]

His methods are unnecessarily sophisticated and complicated and expensive when mechanically automated systems using passive natural processes can do the same job a million times faster in the same period of time. But then that is Russian proprietary information and technology used for medicinal and food production purposes for our C.O.C programs.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

"slimy little organism" - hey now! I eat this stuff everyday. hahaha It's NOT slimy.

[@shifttube1283]

IF YOU GUYS CAN MAKE REAL HIGH OCTANE RACE FUEL FOR RACE CARS AND HIGH PERFORMANCE MOTORS I BET YOU CAN SELL IT THAT WAY

[@eddeetz493]

Origin Clear Inc..electric water separation to clean fracking and,oil well water and algae harvesting. Origin Clear on utube

[@wazza33racer]

Heck of a lot better idea than mining lithium,nickel,cobalt and rare earths to make toxic EV batteries.

[@midgetman4206]

They each have their place. The technology just has to be used accordingly, as of yet, most is not (not just vehicles).